Tag Archives: Okanagan
Covid-19 vaccine bookings start Monday in Interior Health
Interior Health (IH) will open up its call centre on Monday (Mar. 8) for seniors to book COVID-19 vaccine appointments. On Monday, seniors aged 90 and over, and Indigenous peoples aged 65 and over, ca...
Mar 06, 2021
Second unit at Kelowna General Hospital has Covid-19 outbreak
Interior Health has declared a COVID-19 outbreak on unit 5B at Kelowna General Hospital (KGH). As of Saturday morning, one patient and one staff member have tested positive for COVID-19. There is no e...
Mar 06, 2021
B.C. records 634 new COVID-19 cases, 33 in Interior Health
B.C. has found another 634 new cases of COVID-19 Friday (Mar. 5), with 33 in Interior Health. The totals are included in an update prepared by Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry. There have no...
Mar 05, 2021
Tax on sweetened drinks begins April 1
People who buy sweetened carbonated beverages will have to start paying provincial sales tax (PST) on the products as of next month. That’s one of two planned tax changes that were delayed by th...
Mar 05, 2021
West Kelowna declares winter over
The City of West Kelowna is saying goodbye to winter and its crews are preparing parks, sports courts and athletic fields and sweeping streets with spring in the air. Crews will open the Boucherie and...
Mar 05, 2021
Community leader passes away
Rolli Cacchioni is being remembered as a devoted family man and beloved community figure. Central Okanagan Public Schools has announced that Cacchioni passed away Thursday (Mar. 4) as the result of a ...
Mar 05, 2021
Rockets roster set for 2021 season
The Kelowna Rockets roster has been set for the shortened 2021 season. The WHL B.C. Division schedule will start on Friday, March 26. The WHL's B.C. Division will play a 24-game regular season schedul...
Mar 04, 2021
B.C. records 564 new Covid-19 cases, including 46 variant cases
B.C. has recorded 564 new cases of COVID-19 Thursday (Mar. 4), with transmission continuing at a high level in the Lower Mainland. Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry provided the information i...
Mar 04, 2021
Parks open with spring at hand
A popular Kelowna park is welcoming visitors again. Kasugai Garden Park is now open daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. until May long weekend. Throughout the summer months the gardens will be open from 9 a.m...
Mar 04, 2021
Teen jogger grabbed by man
A young woman out for a jog in Kelowna, ran into some trouble. Police say an 18-year-old woman was running on Mclean Road near Junes Spring Road in Kelowna around 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday (Mar. 3) when ...
Mar 04, 2021